Agricola Collection

Infographic on the cocoa plant and the origin, production and making of chocolate. [Adobe Illustrator (.ai); 2480x3248]

Olive tree, Olea europaea, olivier. Handcoloured steel engraving by Debray after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Engraving from De re metallica (On nature of metals)
DGA1257578 Engraving from De re metallica (On nature of metals), by Georg Pawer or Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), published in Basel, 1556 by Agricola

Janis Valters (Johann Walter) (1869-1932). Baltic German artist. Peasant Girl, ca. 1904. Oil on canvas, 83, 8 x 98 cm. Latvian National Museum of Art. Riga. Latvia

Casa los tiros
Gustavo Ribes

Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece
536121 Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece, a fleece placed in a spring by the Colchians to collect alluvial gold dust

Statue of Alexander the Great. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by L
FLO4997360 Statue of Alexander the Great. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by L

Putto or cherub with goose. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by L
FLO4997165 Putto or cherub with goose. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by L

Portrait of General Bernhard Graf von Caboga-Cerva (1785-1855). Private Collection

Auster B. 8 Agricola ZK-CCV
Auster B.8 Agricola ZK-CCV (msn B.105), of Air Contracts Ltd. at Masterton, NZ, in February 1963. (Rebuilt from the fuselage of ZK-BMM with parts from c-ns B.103, B.104 and B.118) Date: 1963

Josephs coat moth, Agarista agricola (Painted agarista, Agarista picta)

Young hero in a diadem, commonly known as Ptolemy of Epirus. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by L

Statue of Alexander the Great. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by L. Agricola from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilis Il Museo Capitolino (The Capitoline Museum), Rome, 1820

Statue of Pudicitia in veiled robes
Statue of Pudicitia, goddess of modesty, in veiled robes. In the Belvedere Courtyard in the Vatican. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by L

Putto or cherub with goose. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by L. Agricola from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilis Il Museo Capitolino (The Capitoline Museum), Rome, 1820

Engraving from De re metallica (On the nature of metals)
1257546 Engraving from De re metallica (On the nature of metals), by Georg Pawer or Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), published in Basel, 1556 by German School

Curtis British Entomology Plate 586
Coleoptera: Bolitophagus agricola = Eledona agricola [Plant: Scilla autumnalis (Autumn Squill)] Date: 1824-39

Engraving from De re metallica (On the nature of metals)
1257549 Engraving from De re metallica (On the nature of metals), by Georg Pawer or Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), published in Basel, 1556 by German School

Engraving from De re metallica (On the nature of metals)
1257556 Engraving from De re metallica (On the nature of metals), by Georg Pawer or Georgius Agricola (1494-1555) by German School

Georgius Agricola. From: La ciencia y sus hombres, 1879. Private Collection

A bacchante seen in profile facing left, with outstretched left arm holding h... ca
A bacchante seen in profile facing left, with outstretched left arm holding her drapery, set against a black background inside a rectangular frame, ca. 1795-ca. 1820

A bacchante wearing a hooded shawl and holding a box in her left hand, set ag... ca
A bacchante wearing a hooded shawl and holding a box in her left hand, set against a black background inside a rectangular frame, ca. 1795-ca. 1820

A bacchante carrying a large basket on her head and holding a staff in her le... ca
A bacchante carrying a large basket on her head and holding a staff in her left hand, set against a black background inside a rectangular frame, ca. 1795-ca. 1820

A bacchante wearing flowing drapery, looking down, right arm bent and left arm... ca
A bacchante wearing flowing drapery, looking down, right arm bent and left arm outstretched, set against a black background inside a rectangular frame, ca. 1795-1847

A partly naked bacchante seen from behind, facing right and holding an oval d... ca
A partly naked bacchante seen from behind, facing right and holding an oval dish in her left hand, her drapery in her right, set against a black background inside a rectangular frame, ca. 1795-ca

Psyche Asleep in a Landscape, 1837. Creator: Karl Joseph Aloys Agricola
Psyche Asleep in a Landscape, 1837

Georgius Agricola (1494-1555). German scientist. Known as the father of mineralogy. Engraving belonging to his work De Re Metallica. Basel 1564. Colored

AGRICOLA: WATERWHEEL, 1556. A woodcut from Georgius Agricolas De Re Metallica, Basel, Switzerland, 1556, depicting a reversible waterwheel

Rag-and-chain pump for draining a mine operated by men in treadmill. From Agricola (George Bauer) De re metallica, Basle, 1556

Georg Andreas Agricola, 1672 To 1738. German Physician And Botanist. From Crabbs Historical Dictionary Published 1825

Portrait of Rudolphus Agricola, ca 1532. Found in the collection of Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Illustration from De re metallica libri XII by Georgius Agricola, 1556. Artist: Anonymous
Illustration from De re metallica libri XII by Georgius Agricola, 1556. Private Collection

Portrait of Julius Agricola, c1860, (c1860). Artist: John Leech
Portrait of Julius Agricola, c1860, (c1860)

A Silver Refinery, 1556, (1917)
A Silver Refinery, 1556. From De re metallica by Georg Bauer (1494-1555) (Latinized: Georgius Agricola), is a book cataloguing the art of mining, refining, and smelting metals, published in 1556

Prospecting for metals, 1556 (1956). From Georgius Agricolas De re Metallica

Making and using elm tree pumps to drain mines before the days of the steam engine, 1556 (1956). From De re Metallica by Georgius Agricola

Producing salt by evaporating natural brine by pouring it into a pit of burning charcoal, 1556. A rather impure product resulted. From De re metallica by Agricola (Georg Bauer). (Basel, 1556)

Georgius Agricola, 16th century German physician, mineralogist and metallurgist

Smelting of ores (gold, silver, copper and lead), 1556. A workman beats clay to make lute to line a furnace. On the floor are various tools needed during the smelting process

Lead smelting, 1556. From De re metallica by Agricola (Georg Bauer). (Basel, 1556)

Separating lead from silver or gold in a cupellation furnace, 1556. The Foreman consumed quantities of butter to avoid being poisoned (to prevent absorption of lead in the stomach)

Blast furnace for smelting iron ore, 1556. From De re Metallica by Georgius Agricola. Basel, 1556)

Stamp for breaking copper cupellation cakes for further refining, 1556. Powered by a water wheel through a drive shaft. From De re metallica by Georgius Agricola. (Basel, 1556)

Stamping and roasting ore to extract metal, 1556. This technique was used to extract lead, copper, silver and gold

Sectional view of a German mine, 1556
Sectional view of a German mine showing the method of sinking shafts and driving horizontal galleries, 1556. A windlass is used to raise and lower men, materials and spoil

Draining a mine using a series of suction pumps powered by a water wheel, 1556. From De re metallica by Georgius Agricola. (Basel, 1556)

The Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece, 1556
The Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece, a fleece placed in a spring by the Colchians to collect alluvial gold dust, 1556

Bellows supplying draught to a smelting furnace, 1556. The bellows are operated by a camshaft powered by a water wheel (just visible at extreme right)

Sectional view of a mine showing shafts and galleries, 1556. At the surface of each shaft is a winch or windlass for raising and lowering loads

Smelting iron and hammering bars with a mechanical hammer, 1556. From De re metallica by Georgius Agricola. (Basel, 1556)

Refining copper: removing cakes of copper from the crucible and quenching in a tub of water, 1556. From De re metallica by Georgius Agricola. (Basel, 1556)

Reversible hoist for raising leather buckets from a mine shaft, 1556
Reversible hoist for raising leather buckets from a mine shaft powered by an overshot water wheel, 1556. A man in a hut at O opens and shuts water races to stop and start a double row of buckets

Crushing gold bearing ores in mills similar in principle to flour mills, 1556

Washing for tin, 1556. After digging out a substantial amount, miners would alter the course of the stream, washing away light material and leaving tin-bearing ore

Steel production: a forge with bellows to produce draught, 1556. In the foreground bars are being hammered with a mechanical hammer

A mine being drained by a rag-and-chain pump powered by an overshot water wheel, 1556. At the right of the image is a detail of section of pipe K. From De re metallica by Georgius Agricola

Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), German physician, mineralogist and metallurgist, 1881

Pump powered by men in a treadmill, 1556. Woodcut showing a rag-and-chain pump for draining a mine, powered by men walking a treadmill

Roasting copper ore in a furnace at C, 1556.. A are cakes of smelted copper, B wooden faggots for heating the furnace. On right a man is using wooden wheelbarrow. From De re metallica by Agricola

Mikael Agricolan Church, Helsinki, Finland
Mikael Agricolan Church in Helsinki, Finland. The Lutheran church is named after Bishop Mikael Agricola, who created the basis for the literary Finnish language. Date: circa 1935

Rudolph Agricola
RUDOLPH AGRICOLA German humanist, professor at Heidelberg. Date: 1491 - 1521

General view, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America
General rooftop view looking inland, with buildings including the Avenida Palace Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. Date: circa 1925

Overalls for Women Workers, WW1
The Agricola outfit - strong, serviceable, well cut and becoming - idea for women workers on the land and available from the Cleveland Manufacturing Company. Date: 1918

MINING, 16th CENTURY. Mining in 16th century Europe; one worker is trying his luck with a divining rod

WATER PUMP & WHEEL. Operation of a water-powered pump in an old mine

AGRICOLAs TREATISE, 1556. Title-page of the first edition of Georgius Agricola s
AGRICOLAs TREATISE, 1556. Title-page of the first edition of Georgius Agricolas treatise on mining and metallurgy, De Re Metallica, 1556

AGRICOLA: TITLE-PAGE, 1546. Title-page of the first edition of Georgius Agricola s
AGRICOLA: TITLE-PAGE, 1546. Title-page of the first edition of Georgius Agricolas De Ortu et Causius Subterraneorum, the first handbook of modern systematic mineralogy. Basel, 1546

AGRICOLA: WATER PUMP, 1556. The operation of a water-powered pump in an old mine

AGRICOLA: MINE, 1556. Cross-section of a mine showing shafts and tunnels. Woodcut from Georgius Agricolas De Re Metallica

SALT MINING, 1556. The production of salt in a salt marsh. Woodcut from Georgius Agricolas De Re Metallica, Basle, 1556

MINING, 1556. Men working in mining shafts and tunnels. Woodcut from Georgius Agricolas De Re Metallica, Basle, 1556

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"Agricola: A Journey through History, Nature, and Art" Step into the world of Agricola, a name that resonates across various realms. From the Auster B. 8 Agricola ZK-CCV aircraft soaring through the skies to Rudolph Agricola's intellectual legacy, this caption takes you on an intriguing ride. As we delve deeper, we encounter the Josephs coat moth, Agarista agricola - a stunning creature adorned with vibrant hues. Just like this moth captivates with its beauty, so did Rudolph Agricola mesmerize minds with his scholarly pursuits. Moving further along our journey, we stumble upon a young hero in a diadem known as Ptolemy of Epirus. His courage and regal presence echo throughout history. In our exploration of artistry and culture, statues come to life before our eyes. The majestic figure of Alexander the Great stands tall in all his glory while Pudicitia veiled in robes exudes grace and modesty. And who can resist the charm of a putto or cherub accompanied by a goose? The wonders continue as we uncover engravings from "De re metallica, " revealing insights into the nature of metals. These intricate illustrations transport us back to an era where craftsmanship thrived. Lastly, we witness a dramatic scene unfold - "A Roman Attack on the Britons in Mona. " This lithograph captures both conflict and historical significance within its frames. Join us on this captivating journey through time as we unravel tales intertwined with aviation marvels, intellectual prowess, natural wonders like moths and heroes donning diadems. Let art guide us towards understanding ancient metallurgy while witnessing pivotal moments etched forever in history's annals.